Jane Yolen
1) Merlin
Author
Series
Young Merlin trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
The boy wizard's adventure comes to a triumphant conclusion in this magical tale by the acclaimed author of the Pit Dragon Chronicles.
In flight from the magic visions that plague him, Merlin falls into the hands of the wodewose, wild folk who, according to legend, live in the company of wolves and devour children. But, far from being wild, the wodewose are an enormous family of the unwanted, the abandoned, and the homeless. For once Merlin has found...
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 3
Language
English
Description
Before Atalanta became a Greek legend, she encountered a beast . . . Abandoned by her parents and raised by bears until the age of four, Atalanta has led a life of adventure. After her adoptive father is slain by a ferocious beast, the twelve-year-old Atalanta sets off on a journey of revenge, accompanied by the bear she treats as a brother. She discovers that a monster is terrorizing the land of Arcadia and that the king has assembled a party to...
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Before she became Queen of the Amazons, young Hippolyta fought to break a goddess's curse . . . An ancient prophecy states that any Amazon who bears two sons must kill the second, lest he grow up to destroy all the Amazons. But Queen Otrere can't bear to sacrifice her baby, so she gives him to her daughter, thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, begging her to take the child to his father, Laomedon, King of Troy. In order to save her baby brother's life, Hippolyta...